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roller-skating

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roller-skating

Recreation and sport in which the participants use roller skates (shoes with sets of wheels attached) to move about on special rinks or paved surfaces. The invention of roller skates is traditionally credited to the Belgian Joseph Merlin in the 1760s, but the first practical four-wheel skate was designed in 1863 by James Plimpton of Medford, Mass. Roller-skating speed events became popular in the early 20th century. Later, team competitions in “roller derbies” on banked tracks became a spectator sport. Other roller-skate contests, such as acrobatics and hockey, followed. In the late 20th century, roller skates gave way to in-line (Rollerblade) skates, in which a single row of wheels is used in place of the standard rectangular configuration.


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Like Garber, Skrove claims roller-skating as his primary interest.
Though not as popular a recreation as it once was, roller-skating still has its place with a certain segment of the population, said Wendy King, RSA spokeswoman.
In an industry that rolls with the fads, Ball is concerned that roller-skating hasn't enjoyed a resurgence he has seen during past economic downturns.
 
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